5.3 build list and goals. Right track or no?
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5.3 build list and goals. Right track or no?
In the process of building a toy truck to cruise around on weekends. Doing this on a smaller budget as it's something for me and my 7 year old to tinker with. The truck is an 01 regular cab with a 5.3, 60e and 101k miles.
My end goal is a truck that will run in the 12 second range if I were to take it to the track but that won't be often if it all. Suspension wise it will be sitting 4/6 with Caltracs on 20" intros.
Looking to keep the 5.3 don't want to swap again as I've already went 4.3 to 5.3. If I went with the Texas speed 2.5 heads, big cam, speed engineering long tubes, converter and a good tune would I be close? A local shop is telling me that's a 400 Rwhp setup but I just don't see it?
Any help is appreciated. Performance isn't my strong point
My end goal is a truck that will run in the 12 second range if I were to take it to the track but that won't be often if it all. Suspension wise it will be sitting 4/6 with Caltracs on 20" intros.
Looking to keep the 5.3 don't want to swap again as I've already went 4.3 to 5.3. If I went with the Texas speed 2.5 heads, big cam, speed engineering long tubes, converter and a good tune would I be close? A local shop is telling me that's a 400 Rwhp setup but I just don't see it?
Any help is appreciated. Performance isn't my strong point
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4.10 with a Detroit true trac I'm thinking. I've researched all this Til I'm blue in the face. Definitely not my specialty but trying to figure as much out myself rather than just swiping the credit card and telling someone to just give me what they think is good.
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Sounds like youre on the right track.... I am personally a little disappointed with my truck at moment, but working on fixing that!!! i did same thing youre doing, but went way too conserative with my cam choice, and ended up in a bind so had to shortcut some things, mainly lack of headers....
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Thanks man. The speed engineering headers seem to have a really good price. Another thing I can't figure out is it better to run true dual out of the headers or run a y pipe
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Thats a much debated topic, either way you need a crossover to balance the pulses in the exhasust and it will actually increase torue slightly(where depends on h or x) I have been thinking about going back to a ypipe set up and basically using the ypipe as my crossover..... Pretty much run duals straight out of the connecting point where the ypipe comes together(can't think of name of it at monent) sadly i got the idea from my old 80 z28 which the factory exhaust did basically the same thing ypipe to kind of a reverse ypipe with a ball and socket type connection between em!! Figure it will be different and i will free up some space over my trans crossmember... Or im gonna end up running speed engineerings new exhaust system when it comes out
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In the process of building a toy truck to cruise around on weekends. Doing this on a smaller budget as it's something for me and my 7 year old to tinker with. The truck is an 01 regular cab with a 5.3, 60e and 101k miles.
My end goal is a truck that will run in the 12 second range if I were to take it to the track but that won't be often if it all. Suspension wise it will be sitting 4/6 with Caltracs on 20" intros.
Looking to keep the 5.3 don't want to swap again as I've already went 4.3 to 5.3. If I went with the Texas speed 2.5 heads, big cam, speed engineering long tubes, converter and a good tune would I be close? A local shop is telling me that's a 400 Rwhp setup but I just don't see it?
Any help is appreciated. Performance isn't my strong point
My end goal is a truck that will run in the 12 second range if I were to take it to the track but that won't be often if it all. Suspension wise it will be sitting 4/6 with Caltracs on 20" intros.
Looking to keep the 5.3 don't want to swap again as I've already went 4.3 to 5.3. If I went with the Texas speed 2.5 heads, big cam, speed engineering long tubes, converter and a good tune would I be close? A local shop is telling me that's a 400 Rwhp setup but I just don't see it?
Any help is appreciated. Performance isn't my strong point